Book Series Guide

Author guide

Albert Camus

Born in Algeria, Camus wrote novels, essays, plays, and journalism that examine absurdity, revolt, and human solidarity. He published The Stranger in 1942, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957, and died in a car accident in 1960.

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Books by series

collection series · complete

Notebooks

Camus's notebook volumes.

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  1. 1
    Notebooks 1935-1942

    Book 1 · collection · 1962

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  2. 2
    Notebooks 1942-1951

    Book 2 · collection · 1962

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  3. 3
    Notebooks 1951-1959

    Book 3 · collection · 1989

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Outside the series

Standalone and other books

  1. Cover of The Stranger
    The Stranger

    novel · 1942

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  2. Cover of The Plague
    The Plague

    novel · 1947

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  3. The Myth of Sisyphus

    essay · 1942

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  4. Cover of The Fall
    The Fall

    novel · 1956

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  5. The Rebel

    essay · 1951

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  6. Cover of A Happy Death
    A Happy Death

    novel · 1971

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  7. Cover of The First Man
    The First Man

    novel · 1994

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  8. Caligula

    unknown · 1944

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  9. Exile and the Kingdom

    collection · 1950

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  10. Resistance, Rebellion and Death

    collection · 1960

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  11. Create Dangerously

    essay · 1957

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  12. Reflections on the Guillotine

    essay · 1957

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  13. The Guest

    short_story · 1957

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  14. No Exit and Three Other Plays

    collection · 1947

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  15. Lyrical and Critical Essays

    collection · 1968

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  16. The Plague, The Fall, Exile and the Kingdom, and Selected Essays

    omnibus · 2004

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  17. Summer

    collection · 1954

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  18. Summer in Algiers

    essay · 1939

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  19. The Adulterous Woman

    short_story · 1957

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  20. The Sea Close By

    essay · 1954

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  21. Speaking Out

    collection · 2017

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  22. The Fastidious Assassins

    unknown · 1949

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  23. Personal Writings

    collection · 2020

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  24. A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past

    collection · 2025

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  25. Create Dangerously

    essay · 1957

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  26. Camus at Combat

    collection · 1947

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  27. Algerian Chronicles

    collection · 1958

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  28. Cover of The Plague
    The Plague

    novel · 1947

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  29. Caligula and Three Other Plays

    collection · 1949

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  30. Mon Cher Amour

    collection · 2026

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  31. Cover of The First Man
    The First Man

    graphic_novel · 2017

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  32. Travels in the Americas

    collection · 2023

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  33. The Misunderstanding and Caligula

    collection · 1944

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  34. Outsider

    novel · 2013

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  35. On Suicide

    anthology · 1992

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  36. Christian Metaphysics & Neoplatonism

    essay · 1985

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  37. Cover of The Stranger
    The Stranger

    novel · 1942

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  38. The Complete Notebooks

    collection · 2025

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  39. Cover of Kuga
    Kuga

    novel · 1947

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  40. Islands and Other Essays

    collection · 1933

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